Good Morning, Auburn Family. No. 6 Women's golf has earned one of the eight spots in the match play portion of the NCAA Championship after finishing the four rounds of stroke play in eighth place at 20-over (1172). Auburn has now reached match play in four of the last five seasons that the championship has been held.

Auburn will face No. 1 Stanford in the quarterfinal round match this morning at 9:40 a.m. CT. If the Tigers defeat the Cardinal, they will play the winner of the match between USC and Clemson this afternoon.

What else can you find mixed into today’s Brew?

🏀 Coach Bruce Pearl on his Fore the Children event + Auburn MBB
🎾 “On the Plains” With Raul Dobai
🐅 And much, much more!

🎥 WAREAGLE+ TALKING TIGERS

Talking Tigers - Mark Chapman (Pt .1)
He planned to walk on at Florida. Mark Chapman didn’t even know Auburn was in the state of Alabama. Auburn Assistant Coach Steve Renfroe came to Orlando to recruit Chapman’s catcher at Boone High School. That catcher, Joe Oliver, went to pro ball. Chapman pitched that day and caught Renfroe’s eye. By the time Chapman left Auburn, his name was prominent in the record books and still is today.

This is Part 1 of Mark Chapman in the Talking Tigers Podcast.

📈 STOCK UP

🔼 Hogan’s Hero. Auburn men's golfer Jackson Koivun won the 2024 Ben Hogan Award, the Hogan Foundation announced Monday. Koivun joins Oklahoma State's Rickie Fowler (2008) as the only two freshman winners in the award's history. He is the second Auburn player to win, joining Will Blackmon, who captured the honor in 1994.
 
The Ben Hogan Award honors the top men's college golfer based on collegiate, amateur and professional events over the previous 12 months.

⛳️ Go here for Koivun’s many achievements that made him the prime candidate.

🔼 The Ike 'n' Cade Brigade. The 2024 SEC baseball awards have been announced, with Ike Irish earning First Team All-SEC honors and Cade Belyeu named to the Freshman All-SEC Team.
 
Previously named to the Golden Spikes Award Midseason Watch List and Buster Posey Award Watch List, Irish led the Tigers in average (.319) and RBI (59) and tied for the team lead in home runs (14).
 
Belyeu ended up hitting .284 in 38 games and 26 starts in his first season on The Plains. Fifteen of his 27 hits were for extra bases, leading to his team-best .632 slugging percentage.

⇢ Go here for the host of accomplishments by these players that led to these awards. ⚾️

🔼 International Man of Mystery. Although it is over 2,500 miles from his hometown of Vancouver, Canada, senior Raul Dobai calls Auburn home after spending the last three seasons on The Plains. Born in Romania, Dobai and his family emigrated to Canada when he was 14 years old. There, he played junior tennis for Tennis Canada with multiple junior titles before making the decision to move south to attend the University of New Mexico in the United States.

Dobai's success continued with the Lobos, where he was named Mountain West Player of the Year and Newcomer of the Year while leading the squad to a conference championship in 2021. However, he says Auburn made him the man he is today.

Read “On the Plains With Raul Dobai” for the rest.

🔼 Fore an Amazing Cause. Before the participants in Bruce Pearl's 11^th annual Fore the Children Golf Classic climbed into their carts and motored away Monday toward their first holes, the event's namesake thanked them for supporting Auburn men's basketball on the court and in the community.

"Bottom line, we've done that together," said Pearl, entering his 11^th season on the Plains. "Whether it be what we do with AUTLIVE, or what we're doing here, or what we're doing on the basketball court, we're doing it together…”

⇢ Go here for more on the non-profit that’s near and dear to Pearl’s heart, as well as what he told reporters they can expect from the next season of Auburn Hoops. 🏀

 🤔 TIGER TRIVIA

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🐅 ONE BIG THING

Take Me Out With the Crowd. Auburn Baseball ended the season with some momentum, winning back-to-back series and six of their last eight games. The Auburn Family certainly has a lot to do with that, as they have upped their own game this year by breaking attendance records.

They continue to raise the bar:

2022 ➡️ 127,947

2023 ➡️ 129,948

2024 ➡️ 131,576

📅 ON THE DOCKET

Tuesday 5/21
⛳️ Women’s Golf @ NCAA Championship Golf Channel | Live Stats | Preview |2024 NCAA Championship Notes

Wednesday 5/22
⛳️ Women’s Golf @ NCAA Championship Golf Channel | Live Stats | Preview |2024 NCAA Championship Notes
👟 X-Country/Track & Field @ NCAA East Preliminaries

Thursday 5/23
👟 X-Country/Track & Field @ NCAA East Preliminaries
🥎 Softball vs. TBA@ NCAA Super Regional | Live Stats

Friday 5/24
👟 X-Country/Track & Field @ NCAA East Preliminaries
🥎 Softball vs. TBA@ NCAA Super Regional | Live Stats
⛳️ Men’s Golf @ NCAA Championship (R1) | Notes

🐅 Click here to view the entire Auburn Athletics Calendar

🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: Mark Chapman was drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 18th round of the 1987 MLB June Amateur Draft from Auburn University.

🐅 Have a great Tuesday, y’all